Best school district in LI? (New York, Hempstead: how much, house, where to buy)

[JohnnyDoe]

My wife and are are thinking of moving my family out to Long Island. What are the best school districts? we're looking between 450-650k. We've always loved the North shore, but learning that some areas and/or school districts have taken a bad turn.

[SouthBound3]

EVERY school district on Long Island is a precious gift from the government which - I'm sure - your child will benefit from greatly. There are NO bad school districts on Long Island that I know of - move anywhere you like.

[OhBeeHave]

There are no subterranean schools. We prefer our schools above ground.

There are many fine school districts on Long Island. You need to decide what fits your budget and child best.

[lubby]

I have heard great things about Herricks SD

[Crookhaven]

Would be the one that teaches the difference between on and in ; ).

Youd be fine in any district from Smithtown to Shoreham-Wading River.

Crooks

[kunk10]

the op started a thread on this already and no one said anything bad about any district except glen cove. which are these others that have taken a turn?

[Lancet71]

Do you have parameters for taxes? How many kids? Any special programs needed? Three Village is always high on the list.

[daisyLI]

The best district is Jericho.

[bellakin123]

I have friends and family in the Island Trees, East Meadow and Plainedge school districts. I've heard nothing but very good things about them. All depends on how much you want to spend but also beware that just because you're paying a lot of taxes means you'll be in a good school district. What worked for us in determining where to buy our house was to review the school district stats such as test scores, graduation percentage, drop out percentage, etc.

[Pequaman]

This is from 09-10. needs to be updated. Nevertheless it's one of the more accurate list of district ranks.

Jericho 98 89 87 274
Garden City 98 83 83 264
Plainview-Old Bethpage 96 80 82 258
Cold Spring Harbor 98 77 82 257
Roslyn 97 79 79 255
East Williston 99 75 79 253
Elwood 98 74 80 252
Manhasset 94 77 80 251
Syosset 96 80 74 250
Commack 97 79 72 248
Rockville Centre 95 83 70 248
Harborfields 98 72 77 247
Great Neck 94 76 75 245
Bethpage 97 71 69 237
Locust Valley 97 75 65 237
Wantagh 98 76 63 237
Half Hollow Hills 95 70 71 236
Three Village 96 69 70 235
Carle Place 95 65 72 232
Port Jefferson 97 68 67 232
Hewlett-Woodmere 95 70 66 231
Port Washington 95 64 70 229
Smithtown 96 62 71 229
North Shore 93 64 71 228
Sayville 97 63 68 228
Levittown 92 65 70 227
Herricks 92 66 68 226
Massapequa 95 64 66 225
Bellmore-Merrick 91 68 64 223
Hauppauge 97 62 64 223
Mount Sinai 96 63 60 219
Kings Park 96 60 61 217
Lynbrook 91 63 63 217
Plainedge 94 62 59 215
Northport-East Northport 93 56 65 214
Babylon 94 58 61 213
Bayport-Blue Point 93 56 64 213
West Islip 95 64 53 212
Mattituck-Cutchogue 92 55 64 211
Oceanside 92 57 62 211
Valley Stream Central 94 60 54 208
East Islip 88 58 61 207
Eastport-South Manor 95 53 58 206
Oyster Bay-East Norwich 92 59 55 206
Islip 93 61 50 204
Sag Harbor 89 54 58 201
Nassau 88.5 56.1 55.6 200.2
Sachem 90 54 53 197
Shoreham-Wading River 94 47 56 197
East Meadow 90 52 54 196
Sewanhaka 93 53 50 196
Southold 94 55 46 195
Southampton 85 49 60 194
Seaford 84 55 54 193
Westhampton Beach 88 47 57 192
Connetquot 90 46 55 191
Long Island 87.6 50.1 51.6 189.3
Lindenhurst 89 44 56 189
Farmingdale 87 46 53 186
Island Trees 89 45 52 186
Miller Place 92 49 45 186
Mineola 82 55 47 184
Shelter Island 96 44 44 184
South Huntington 90 43 51 184
Deer Park 93 45 43 181
Suffolk 86.8 45.1 48.3 180.2
West Babylon 87 50 42 179
Hicksville 85 44 47 176
Comsewogue 93 46 35 174
West Hempstead 87 45 37 169
Bay Shore 82 42 42 166
East Hampton 84 39 43 166
Middle Country 89 35 41 165
Baldwin 88 34 42 164
Center Moriches 89 27 48 164
Huntington 77 41 46 164
East Rockaway 96 32 35 163
Long Beach 77 44 42 163
Hampton Bays 87 34 37 158
Rocky Point 86 32 37 155
Glen Cove 74 37 42 153
Riverhead 76 38 37 151
North Babylon 86 28 35 149
Malverne 77 36 30 143
Lawrence 75 33 34 142
New York State 73.4 30.9 36.7 141
Longwood 79 25 37 141
Patchogue-Medford 82 20 35 137
William Floyd 73 25 31 129
Greenport 70 22 36 128
Bridgehampton 90 15 15 120
South Country 71 23 26 120
Copiague 79 24 16 119
Amityville 78 20 20 118
Brentwood 72 21 21 114
Freeport 71 23 18 112
Uniondale 67 22 20 109
Westbury 78 13 15 106
Central Islip 58 9 15 82
Roosevelt 54 2 9 65
Wyandanch 52 3 5 60
Hempstead 46 4 5 55